CHANGES IN RUAPEHU MOUNTAIN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 April 1907, Page 4

CHANGES IN RUAPEHU MOUNTAIN.

;s .' [United Pbess Association.] re a- AUCKLAND, Wednesday. n- 1 The Raetlhi correspondent tf tht pt "N.Z. Herald" telegraphs that an in m teresting change has taken place in tb< ri, appearance of Ruapehu mountain ill Yesterday the mountain was cappot y- with snow, but this morning it was seoi n- to have lost its whiteness and become o n- a blueisb-grey colour. There is nothinj ly whatever to explain this oxtraordinar o- transformation but the fact that ai 1,(3 [eruption has evidently occurred some ie_ where on the mountain. It is considere< lff most probable that the hot lake on th ha eastern side of Ruapehu, whrch has re ' 10 cently been moro than usually active '£' hai) instead of sending up clouds oi ne steanl only, caused an upheaval c la " something moro substantial. It : n ? scarcely likely that Ngaruhoe Volcano : rl " the cause of the trouble, it being seven . u ? miles away, and much lower tha . Ruapehu. During the past two month les Ngaruhoe has been very active, throv ing ashe3 and mud t> a considerabl f]' height. The lake 011 Ruapehu has air ' at intervals emitted clouds of steam, o , e Ji several occasions Ir^mendous volum< i of steam issuing above tbe mountni g,.' top. Heavy rumblings and ejsplosioi „,j have frequently been heard at Onakuni 'j e presumably from Ngaruhoe. At N tl m [ present time the mountain is part] 3ut/ hidden by rain clouds, and future even ua l are awaited with much interest by reE ion dents. ith lop